2 posts tagged “kim stanley robinson”
Finished Icehenge last night. It's an old Robinson novel from 1984. The story unfolds through three different journals, the first written by a miner and eyewitness to one of the central events, the second by an archaeologist who researches the events told of in the first journal, the third by a historian who disputes the theories published by the archaeologist. When people in live for more than 500 years, with no increase in memory capacity, and the government is a semi-totalitarian regime, the past, on both the individual and universal levels, can easily be distorted. Icehenge illustrates this by creating a constant sense of reality (and KSR is good at realism), which forces you to re-evaluate what seemed real in the last chapter. A good book, and a must-read for any Kim Stanley Robinson fan.
Next up is Pratchett's Interesting Times. Rincewind and Cohen the Barbarian seem to be two of the main characters.
- Kim Stanley Robinson's Icehenge
- Bruce Sterling's The Zenith Angle
- Pratchett's Interesting Times, Maskerade and Feet of Clay
Picked Icehenge as my next read. Kim Stanley Robinson is one of six authors where I've decided to read every novel published. The others are (in no specific order) William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, Philip K. Dick, Terry Pratchett and Bruce Sterling. The status of this project is as follows (percentages based on gut feeling):
- Kim Stanley Robinson: 80%
- William Gibson: 100%
- Neal Stephenson: 95%
- Philip K. Dick: 65%
- Terry Pratchett: 50% of the Discworld novels
- Bruce Sterling: 50%
